AirportsRoswell Air Center Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Roswell, in New Mexico, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ROW.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ROW
- ICAO code
- KROW
- City
- Roswell
- State or region
- New Mexico
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 33.3016° N, 104.5310° W
- Elevation
- 1,119 m (3,671 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,962 m (13,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ROW means Roswell Air Center Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KROW. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 33.3016° N, 104.5310° W. It stands 1,119 metres (3,671 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Denver, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Roswell Air Center Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,962 metres (13,000 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 13.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,962 m 13,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 17/35 | 3,050 m 10,008 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Cavern City Air TerminalCarlsbad | CNM | 110 km |
| Lea County Regional AirportHobbs | HOB | 140 km |
| Clovis Municipal AirportClovis | CVN | 183 km |
| El Paso International AirportEl Paso | ELP | 240 km |
| Las Cruces International AirportLas Cruces | LRU | 250 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,135 km | 16 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,183 km | 17 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,166 km | 16 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,047 km | 10 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,835 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,286 km | 2 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,140 km | 18 h 45 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,851 km | 12 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,181 km | 16 h 25 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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